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| 29 Oct 40 | • |
Contract for construction of USS Little Rock CL-92 is awarded to William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1942 - 1944 |
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| 06
Mar 42 1942 - 1944 |
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USS Little Rock (CL-92)
keel laid down
by Wm. Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Co., Phila. PA. Ship under construction at Wm. Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding |
| 27 Aug 44 | • |
U.S.S. Little Rock is launched, sponsored by Mrs. Samuel Wassell. Arkansas Congressman Brooks Hays provided remarks, and was accompanied by Arkansas Senator John L. McClellan and Junior Congressman J. William Fulbright. (Click to see news article.) |
1945 |
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| 15
Jun |
• |
Little Rock delivered to
U.S. Navy by Cramp
Shipbuilding. Crew reports on board. |
| 17 Jun | • |
Commissioned, with Capt.
William E. Miller
in command. Fitting out at NSY Philadelphia, PA. (Program) |
| 18-30 Jun | • |
Continued fitting out at NSY Philadelphia, PA. |
| 01-07 Jul | • |
Continued fitting out at NSY Philadelphia, PA. |
| 08 Jul | • |
Made river run to point 5 miles south of Overfalls Light Vessel. Some problems with battle phone circuits. Returned to NSY Philadelphia, PA. |
| 09
Jul |
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Continued fitting out. |
| 10 Jul | • |
Loaded projectiles at Navy Yard, Philadelphia. |
| 11 Jul | • |
Continued fitting out. |
| 12 Jul | • |
Continued fitting out. Commenced readiness for sea. |
| 13 Jul | • |
0700. Moved downriver about 1 mile, to Fort Mifflin, to load Ammo... 5 and 6" shells, powder cans, aerial depth charges (for seaplanes), and catapult charges. No ammo for 20 or 40 mm yet. |
| 14
Jul |
• • |
0950 Underway for
compass compensating lower Delaware Bay. Anchored at SE end of
Brown Shoals in Delaware Bay. 1530 Hanger Bay sprinkler activated. Hanger and Elevator pit sprayed with salt water. |
| 15 Jul | • |
Anchored. Equipment testing. and checks. Rain. |
| 16 Jul | • |
0700 Underway. GQ. Launch and retrieve planes. At anchor SE end of Brown Shoals in Delaware Bay. |
| 17 Jul | • • |
0600 Underway. GQ. Fired
6" and 5" guns for structural test. Refuelled by USS Elokomin AO 55. |
| 18 Jul | • |
1230 moored stbd side to at deperming (degaussing) station, Lambert Pt., Norfolk, VA. |
| 19 Jul | • • • |
0600 Underway for Pier
#7 NOB, Norfolk, VA. 0739. Moored to Pier #7. Received fuel, provisions and (3) SOC-1 airplanes. Capt. William E. Miller CO was commissioned an "Arkansas Traveler" on board by Mayor Dan T. Sprick of Little Rock, Arkansas . |
| 20 Jul | • • |
0000 Reported for duty
to Commander-in Chief, US Fleet; Commander-in
Chief, US Atlantic Fleet, and Commander Fleet Operational Training
Command.. 0755 Underway for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| 21 Jul | • |
Underway for Guantanamo Bay. Exercised at ship and gunnery drills. |
| 22 Jul | • |
Underway for Guantanamo Bay. Exercised at ship and gunnery drills. |
| 23 Jul | • • • • |
0800 reported to
Commander Training Group Guantanamo Bay for shakedown. 0812 Arrived at entrance buoy 2GBE. Guantanamo Bay. 0842 moored portside of fuel dock BB-1 1511 Anchored - Berth 17. |
| 24 Jul | • |
0655 Underway for training. |
| 25 Jul | • |
At sea. Training |
| 26 Jul | • |
0630 Entered Guantanamo Bay. |
| 27 - 28 Jul | • |
At anchor. |
| 29 Jul | • |
0730 Underway. Practice shore bombardment Culebra Island. Mount #3 fired a pair of 5" HE with one shell bursting about 20' out of the barrel. Fragments struck ship starting small fires. |
| 30 Jul | • |
At sea off South Coast of Cuba. Training and night cruising. |
| 31 Jul | • |
At sea. Steaming singly south of Cuba. Training in ship handling, night illumination. |
| 01 Aug | • |
At Sea. Full power run. 0600 entered Guantanamo Bay, anchored berth #17. |
| 02 Aug | • |
0700 Underway. Casualty, Gunnery and Damage Control Drills. Later anchored berth #17. |
| 03 Aug | • |
0700 Underway. Launch and recover aircraft. Drills. 5" guns shot down two (2) sleeves. |
| 04 Aug | • |
At sea. Drills and exercises. Ship is secured for heavy weather. Hurricane over Santo Domingo. |
| 05 Aug | • |
At sea. Bad weather. Night cruising. |
| 06 Aug | • |
At sea. Exercise 5", 20mm, 40mm. Battle practice. |
| 07 Aug | • |
At sea. Shore bombardment exercise. Night tactics and cruising. |
| 08 Aug | • • |
At sea. 0630 entered
Guantanamo Bay. Moored to fueling cay BB-1. Shift
to #17. SC-1 Aircraft #35555 was lost off Cuba. The following info was derived from a Navy accident report: Accident Date: 8/4/1945 (See Note A. below), Aircraft Type: SC-1, Aircraft Number: 35555, Ship Number: CL-92, Ship Name: USS LITTLE ROCK, Location: OFF CUBA, Area: CENLANT, Pilot: Name not shown (See Note B. below). Note A. It is unlikely that the accident occured on 04 Aug, as the ship was secured for heavy weather. Note B. John Breslin's Oral History reports that the pilot was Ensign Merriman. |
| 09 Aug | • |
At anchor for upkeep and inspections. |
| 10 Aug | • • • |
0630 Underway. Exercised
towing with USS Portsmouth. Towing wire fouled
Portsmouth rudder or propellers. Fired at drones ("Moderate success"). Abandon Ship drills. |
| 11 Aug | • |
Exercised fueling, passing stores and personnel with DD864 USS Ellison. |
| 12 Aug | • |
Full power run. Reach ahead from 31 kts to dead-in-water 947 yds. |
| 13 Aug | • |
Bombardment rehearsal with USS Portsmouth, Ellison and Turner. |
| 14 Aug | • |
Received news that the war was over. Done firings, Day Battle practice. Night AA practice. |
| 15 Aug | • |
0705 Entered Guantanamo Bay for upkeep and inspection. |
| 16 Aug | • |
At anchor for upkeep and inspection. |
| 17 Aug | • |
0700 Underway. AA practice. Refuel, then tow tanker. Counter-measure practice. |
| 18 Aug | • |
Shore bombardment, Day Battle and Drone practice. Knocked down drone on 2nd run. |
| 19 Aug | • |
Overcast cancels drone exercise. Evening AA practice. |
| 20 Aug | • |
Drone practice with 6" and 5". 6" not very close. 5" knocked down drone. 20mm practice. |
| 21 Aug | • |
Entered Guantanamo Bay for upkeep prior to COTCLANT Inspection. |
| 22 - 24 Aug | • |
Continued preparations for COTCLANT Inspection. |
| 25 Aug | • • • • |
0955 Commenced COTCLANT
"At Anchor" Inspection. 1130 Underway for "Underway Portion" of Inspection 1715 Returned to Guantanamo Bay to disembark Inspection Team. 1815 Underway for Culebra for bombardment exercise. |
| 26 Aug | • |
Enroute Culebra. |
| 27 Aug | • • • • |
Off Culebra. 0754 commenced bombardment. 2025 completed bombardment. Headed northward during the night. |
| 28 Aug | • • • |
0826 commenced
bombardment. 1130 completed bombardment. Underway for Philadelphia, PA with speed run test enroute |
| 29 Aug | • |
Enroute Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA |
| 30 Aug | • • |
0700 Enroute Philadelphia 1822 Moored starboard side to at Pier 5, PNY, Philadelphia, PA |
| 31 Aug | • |
Moored as before, PNY, Philadelphia, PA |
| 01-16 Sep | • |
Undergoing repairs and alterations at Pier 5, PNY, Philadelphia, PA |
| 17 Sep | • • |
Entered drydock No. 3
for inspection of rudder post and packing. Packing was renewed. Rudder post was in good condition. |
| 21 Sep | • |
Undocked and moved to Pier #5. Continued overhaul work. |
| 23 Sep | • |
Availability expired. |
| 25 Sep | • |
Underway for Fort Mifflin to load ammunition. |
| 26 Sep | • |
0930 Underway for Newport, RI |
| 27 Sep | • |
0830 Anchored, Berth 54, East Passage, Newport, RI in 20 fathoms. |
| 28-30 Sep | • |
At anchor Berth 54 Newport Harbor. |
| 01 Oct | • • |
At anchor. 0815 embarked USS Juneau trainees. |
| 02 Oct | • • • |
0900 Underway on first
of 3 five-day trips between Goat Is. and Block
Is., with Middies from Annapolis (?). All types of drills for them
with 1 Day liberty in Newport, RI, each week. Poor weather prevented drills. 1730 Anchored Block Island, in 16 fathoms |
| 03 Oct | • |
0800 Underway for drills and General Quarters. |
| 04 Oct | • • |
20 and 40mm firing
exercises. 1700 Anchored off Block Island. |
| 05 Oct | • • • |
0830 Underway for
Newport Harbor. 1112 Moored to Buoy #5. 1315 Disembarked trainees. |
| 06-07 Oct | • |
Moored Newport Harbor. |
| 08 Oct | • |
Received trainees from USS Princeton Commissioning Detail. |
| 09 Oct | • • |
Underway for ship
handling and AA training. 1640 Anchored east of Block Island. |
| 10 Oct | • |
0800 Underway for AA tracking and simulated Air Strikes. |
| 11 Oct | • • • |
0723 Entered
Narragansett Seaward Channel. 5", 20mm and 40mm exercises. 1725 Anchored east of Block Island. |
| 12 Oct | • • |
0830 Underway for
Newport Harbor. 1120 Moored to Buoy #5 Newport Harbor. |
| 13-14 Oct | • |
At anchor Newport Harbor. |
| 15 Oct | • |
0830 Received trainees from USS Princeton Commissioning Detail. |
| 16 Oct | • • |
0900 Underway for
training in Narragansett Seaward Channel. 1735 Anchored east of Block Island. |
| 17 Oct | • • |
0830 Underway for
training exercises. AA drills, steering casualty, man
over-board. 2035 General Quarters drill. |
| 18 Oct | • • |
0737 passed Buoy "A"
Narragansett Seaward Channel. Weather prevented
gunnery exercise. 1630 Moored to Buoy #5 |
| 19-20 Oct | • |
Moored to Buoy #5 Newport Harbor. (War Diary discontinued.) |
| 21 Oct | • |
Departed Newport, RI for San Juan PR via Ambrose Lightship, NY. |
| 25 Oct | • |
1405 Moored starboard side at Frontier Base Wharf, San Juan, PR. |
| 27 Oct | • |
Navy Day. 6800 Puerto Ricans visit the USS Little Rock. |
| 25-30
Oct (?) |
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Little Rock crew acquires puppy "Hash Mark" |
| 30 Oct | • |
1249 hours, underway for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SA. Start of CL-92's South America cruise. |
| 04 Nov | • |
"Davy Jones" arrives aboard Little Rock. |
| 05 Nov | • |
0810 hours "King Neptune" arrives on board with his retinue. Crossed the Equator at Longitude 37° 00' W while heading south. Wild "hi-jinks" aboard! |
| 10 Nov | • |
Arrive Rio de Janerio at 1103. Moor starboard side to at Cais del Porto dock. |
| 19 Nov | • |
Dress ship in honor of Brazil's Flag Day. |
| 20 Nov | • |
1035 Underway after a vigorous inspection for stowaways. |
| 23 Nov | • |
An Albatross was sighted by Cdr. Arthur Schultz the ship's doctor. |
| 24 Nov | • • |
1207 Moored starboard
side Montevido, Uruguay. 1500 US Ambassador William Dawson, Ambassador to Uruguay came on board. |
| 26 Nov | • |
Ambassador to Bolivia Pierre Boal comes aboard for lunch. |
| 28 Nov | • |
The Polyfonic Choir of the Tallereo Don Bosco performs aboard Little Rock. |
| 30 Nov | • |
Uruguyan Railroad hosts rail trip for 300 crew to interior of Uruguay. |
| 03 Dec | • |
1032 Underway for Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. |
| 04 Dec (?) | • |
"Hash Mark" breaks her leg. |
| 05 Dec | • |
Planned arrival at Rio Grande do Sul is delayed because of adverse winds and seas. |
| 06 Dec | • |
Moored starboard side at A-2 Porto Nova Dock Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| 15 Dec | • |
0847 Underway for Santos Brazil |
| 17 Dec | • |
1357 Moored portside abreast Companhia Decasde Armazem Santos, Brazil, SA |
| 18 Dec | • |
Rioting breaks
out between Japanese, Brazilian civilians and CL92 liberty party. (Note 3.) |
| 21 Dec | • |
1456 Underway for Rio De Janeiro |
| 22 Dec | • |
1058 Moored starboard side to Praca Maua, Rio de Janeiro. 13 day stop! |
| 25 Dec | • |
Christmas in Rio !! |
Notes: |
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| 1. |
Date shown for ports generally indicate arrival date. | |
| 2. |
Port stays are typically 3-5 days. | |
| 3. |
Rioting involving the Little Rock crew created an international incident. | |
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